mooncalf

From the earlier belief that a misshapen birth was a result of the effects
of the moon. Earliest documented use: 1565.

USAGE:

“I’ll have to stand about on the sidelines, leaning on my crutches like
a poor, pathetic mooncalf.”
Elizabeth Mansfield; An Encounter with Venus; Open Road; 2014.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and
writes another, and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it
is with what he vowed to make it. -J.M. Barrie, novelist and playwright (9
May 1860-1937)